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lG0 Jewish victims were consumed. See the
presbyterian parliament of England, more
yyronnieal lin, in their the treatment Of opponents
ion against the Baptists by Pedo. Baptists.
Pereeution Of the Established Church against
he Methodist Church. Persecution against
terians. Under Emperor Dlocletian $4,000
christians were massacred, and 100 1000 more
,f them died from Punishment and exposure
aleigenses, OF the Nesorlans. Witness st. Bar.
lholemew,s massacre. Witness the duke Of
Assi.,,.n Aya driving out od, Of life 1900
and Decius, and Hildebrand, and Tor:
auemaGa, and Earl of Montfort, and Lord
Claverhouse, who when told that he must give
account for his cruelties said: ~ have no
need TO account to man. and as for God will
take Him III my own hands," A rcd line runs
through the church history OF 1900 years, a
line of blood. Not by the hundreds OF thous-
and, but by the millions must we count those
slain for Christs sake. No wonder John Mil
ton put the groans of the martyrs to an i'm
mortal tune, writing
"Avenge, o Lord, thy slaughto red saints,
Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold"
The smoke of martyrs homes and martyrs
eSpsed the MONDAY as sum SnS urned haSs Ss
brightest day the world ever saw into mid
night. WHO is she that cometh up out of the
wilderness like pillars of smoker"
Has persecution ceased9 Ask that young
man who is trying to be a Christian in a store
or factory where from morning to night he Is
The butt Of al the nsSn wtGsms Of uR6s
band makes her fondness for the house of God
derision. and is no more fit for her holy COM
panionship than filthy crow would be tit
Compromise with the world and surrender to
Its conyeDtionalities and 1t may let you alone,
but all who will live godly in Christ Jesus
card-playing, wine-drinking, round-dancing
CHRISTIAN, ana you may escape criticism and
social pressure. But be an up and down, out
and out follower Of Christ and worldling will
wink to worldling as he speaks. your name,
snnhd am1 yod WI h Pc put IN many dogssrel and
bula broke and let down the most OF the car.
load OF passengers to instant death Mr.. 1. L.
Bliss was seated on one side of the aisle of the
car writing down a, Christian song which he
was composing, and on the other side a group
OF men were playing cards. Whose landing
place in eternity would. you prefer, that of p
7; Bliss, the gospel singer, or OF the card
A great complaint comes from the heaterst
about the ladies' high hats because they OBJ
slruct the view Of the stage and a lady re.
porter asked me the other day what thought
about 1t, and told her that IL the indecent
pictures of actresses in the show windows of
ures ofwhaf goes on in many of the .theaters
night by night, then It would be well II the
ladies' hats were mile high SO as to COM
pletely obstruct the vision. Ifprofessed Chris
tlans 60 TO such places during the week. no one
will Ever persecute them for their religion, for
they have none and they are the joke of hell
life and they viii soon run against sneerlng
opposition. For a compromise Christian
character an easy time now, but for conse-
Grated behavior, grimaee and earlcature. For
the body, thanks to the God of free America
there are now no swords or fiery stakes, but for
the souls of thousands of thegood, in fgura.
tive sense, rack and gibbet and rorquemada.
The symbol OF the domestic and social and
private and public suffering ofa great multi
tude of Gods dear children. pillars of smoke.
what an exciting scene In India when; dur
ing the Sepoy Tebe lion, regiment OF High
landers came up and found the dead body of
one OF Gen. Wheeler's daughters. who had
been intulted and mauled and slain by the
Scpoys. So great was the wrath against these
and, cutting of the hair of this dead daughter
OF Gen. Wheeler, they divided 1t among them
and each one counted the number of hairs
given him and each took an oath, which was
executed, that ior each hair OF the murdered
daughter they would dash out the life of
miserable sepoy. But as we look over the story
OF those who, in all ages, have suffered for the
truth, while we leave vengeance to the Lord,
let us band together In one solemn vow, one
tremendous oath, after having counted the
glorious men and women who died for the
truth an, Immortal soul shall liye-liye with
God and live forever.
Of this sermon, nothing can be more beautiful
than the figures of smoke on clear sky. You
can see what you will in the contour of this
volatile yapor. now enchanted castles, now
troops of hoTsemen, now hammered procession,
now winged couriers, now black angel of
wrath under spear of the sunshine turned to
an angel of light, and now from horizon to
horizon the air is picture gallery oiled with
masterpii ces of which God Is tho artist, morn
ing clouds OF smoke born In the sunrise, and
evening clouds OF smoke laid IN the FURNISHED
sepulChres Of the sunset,
The beauty of the tTansilgurci smoke Is a
divine symbol of the beauty OF the church.
The iairest Of all the fair is she. Do not call
those Prosecutors Of whom spoke the church.